{"id":15173,"date":"2012-07-02T09:45:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T07:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=15173"},"modified":"2012-07-02T09:45:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T07:45:37","slug":"grand-prix-scorpion-exo-of-italy-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/15173\/grand-prix-scorpion-exo-of-italy-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Scorpion Exo of Italy – Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cristobal<\/a>Guerrero, Remes and Nambotin Shine Bright On Day Two In Italy<\/strong>
\nSpain\u2019s\u00a0Cristobal GUERRERO<\/strong> and Finland\u2019s\u00a0Eero REMES<\/strong> secure their first victory of the season in\u00a0Enduro 2 <\/strong>and\u00a0Enduro 1<\/strong> at the\u00a0Maxxis Enduro World Championship GP Scorpion EXO of Italy<\/strong>. Local favourite\u00a0Jonathan MANZI<\/strong> wins Enduro Junior <\/strong>at a sun baked Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy\u2026
\nWith temperatures continuing to soar in Italy, the competitors of the EWC were once again put through their paces in the physically demanding\u00a0GP Scorpion EXO of Italy<\/strong>. With some riders struggling to cope with the intense conditions, others shone bright.\u00a0Cristobal GUERRERO (KTM)<\/strong> finally grabbed the victory he has shown to be capable of all season in Enduro 2 while KTM\u2019s\u00a0Eero REMES<\/strong> relished in the 35 plus degree heat to win Enduro 1.<\/p>\n

However, the biggest story of the day came from Spain\u2019s\u00a0Laia SANZ (Gas Gas) <\/strong>as she rode through the pain of a suspected broken foot sustained during the final lap to win the Women\u2019s Cup. There was disaster for two of KTM\u2019s main contenders when both\u00a0Antoine MEO (F) <\/strong>and\u00a0Johnny AUBERT (F) <\/strong>failed to complete the opening lap. AUBERT became a victim of the same technical problem that ruled him out of day one, while Enduro 1 championship leader\u00a0MEO <\/strong>suffered a mechanical issue on the opening Cross Test. Although managing to repair the damage, the Frenchman lost too much time and was forced to stop. Husaberg\u2019s\u00a0Pierre-Alexandre RENET<\/strong>\u2019s day was also ruined due to mechanical gremlins. While battling for victory the Frenchman caught a rock on the second end uro test and derailed his chain, which cost him almost four minutes. He fought back to finish 13th in Enduro 2. Spain\u2019s\u00a0Cristobal GUERRERO<\/strong> finally broke through to secure his first victory of the season in Enduro 2. Trailing early race leader\u00a0Juha SALMINEN (FI – Husqvarna) <\/strong>by six seconds at the end of lap three, the KTM rider took advantage of a costly crash by\u00a0SALMINEN <\/strong>during the Enduro Test to inherit the lead. Maintaining his lead for the rest of the day the Spaniard secured a pleasing win.\u201cI\u2019ve extremely happy to have won,<\/em>\u201d declared a delighted\u00a0GUERRERO<\/strong>. \u201cMy speed has been good all season but mistakes held me back. Finally today everything went perfect and I was able to win \u2013 it\u2019s been a great day!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoping to repeat his winning result from day one, Finland\u2019s\u00a0Juha SALMINEN<\/strong> saw his chances dashed with a crash on lap three. Losing valuable time, the Husqvarna rider ended his day as runner up to\u00a0GUERRERO<\/strong>. Returning to the podium for the first time since Argentina, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Ivan CERVANTES (Gas Gas) <\/strong>placed a much-relieved third. Continuing to establish himself as a real threat in Enduro 2, France\u2019s\u00a0Antoine BASSET (Yamaha)<\/strong> claimed an impressive fourth in the Enduro 2. Improving one position from the previous day, Italy\u2019s\u00a0Oscar BALLETTI (Beta) <\/strong>was fifth.Making amends for his numerous mistakes on day one, France\u2019s\u00a0Christophe NAMBOTIN (KTM)<\/strong> ended day two as the winner of Enduro 3. Enjoying a great fight with both Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Joakim LJUNGGREN (Husaberg) and Britain\u2019s\u00a0David KNIGHT (KTM)<\/strong>, the Frenchman topped seven of the day\u2019s 12 special tests to win by 12 seconds.\u201cI learned a lot from my mistakes on day one and was much more controlled today,<\/em>\u201d remarked\u00a0NAMBOTIN<\/strong>. \u201cIt was a good fight and was nice to put yesterday\u2019s bad luck behind me to win.<\/em>\u201dUntroubled by the difficult rocky Italian terrain on day two,\u00a0LJUNGGREN <\/strong>produced his best result of the weekend to finish second. Keeping touch with\u00a0NAMBOTIN <\/strong>throughout the day, the Swede also held off a late charge by\u00a0KNIGHT <\/strong>to secure a strong result. Hampered by a crash on the opening Extreme Test,\u00a0KNIGHT<\/strong> fought back to place third and end his day 16 seconds behind\u00a0NAMBOTIN<\/strong>.Estonia\u2019s\u00a0Aigar LEOK (TM) <\/strong>capped off a solid performance in Italy with fo urth place on day two while Spain\u2019s\u00a0Oriol MENA (Husaberg)<\/strong> finished eight seconds behind the TM rider to complete the top five.<\/p>\n

In Enduro 1,\u00a0Eero REMES (KTM)<\/strong> capitalised on the untimely exit of\u00a0MEO <\/strong>to record his first win of the season. Spending the day trading positions with fellow countryman\u00a0Matti SEISTOLA (FI – Husqvarna)<\/strong>,\u00a0REMES <\/strong>gradually extended his advantage during the final lap to top his class by almost 34 seconds. \u201cI just tried to concentrate on my own race today and it paid off,<\/em>\u201d confirmed.\u00a0REMES<\/strong>. \u201cMy speed was strong all day and I didn\u2019t make any mistakes. I hope to use this result as a confidence booster leading into my home races in Sweden and Finland in two months time.<\/em>\u201dPushing too hard during the opening two laps,\u00a0SEISTOLA <\/strong>began to suffer from the intense Italian heat. Unable to maintain pace with\u00a0REMES<\/strong> ,\u00a0SEISTOLA <\/strong>eventually slipped back behind the KTM rider to finish second. Italy\u2019s\u00a0Thomas OLDRATI (KTM) <\/strong>delivered a solid result on home soil to end day two third overall in Enduro 1. Rapidly improving on his day one result, France\u2019s\u00a0Rodrig THAIN (Honda)<\/strong> jumped four places to finish fourth while Sherco\u2019s\u00a0Fabien PLANET (F)<\/strong> completed the top five.<\/p>\n

Italy\u2019s\u00a0Jonathan MANZI (KTM) <\/strong>secured a sensational win in Enduro Junior. Faced with a highly motivated Argentinean,\u00a0Kevin BENAVIDES (KTM)<\/strong>, the young Italian held on to secure victory by less than one-second. With\u00a0BENAVIDES <\/strong>missing out on the win by the narrowest of margins, championship leader, Mathias BELLINO (F – Husaberg) <\/strong>completed the top three, albeit some 38 seconds behind the leading duo. Italy\u2019s\u00a0Nicolo MORI (TM)<\/strong> claimed his best result of the year to finish fourth and beat fellow Italian\u00a0Rudi MORONI (KTM)<\/strong> by two seconds.Winning all 12 of the day\u2019s special tests, Italy\u2019sGiacomo REDONDI (KTM)<\/strong> easily topped the Enduro Youth Cup.\u00a0Guido CONFORTI (I – Yamaha)<\/strong> repeated his day one result of second while Husaberg\u2019sMatteo BRESLOIN (I)<\/strong> completed the top three.<\/p>\n

It was yet another dominant display of riding from Gas Gas\u2019\u00a0Laia SANZ<\/strong> as she recorded her second victory of the weekend. However, drama struck the Spaniard when she suffered a suspected broken foot during the final Extreme Test. Completing the rest of the lap in intense pain, she managed to finish and claim the win by almost three minutes over France\u2019s\u00a0Ludivine PUY (Gas Gas)<\/strong>. With\u00a0PUY <\/strong>finishing second, France\u2019s\u00a0Audrey ROSSAT (KTM) <\/strong>was a distant third.\u00a0Samantha TICHET (F – Husqvarna)<\/strong> and\u00a0Jemma WILSON (AUS – Honda)<\/strong> completed the top five.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guerrero, Remes and Nambotin Shine Bright On Day Two In Italy Spain\u2019s\u00a0Cristobal GUERRERO and Finland\u2019s\u00a0Eero REMES secure their first victory of the season in\u00a0Enduro 2 and\u00a0Enduro 1 at the\u00a0Maxxis Enduro World Championship GP Scorpion EXO of Italy. Local favourite\u00a0Jonathan MANZI wins Enduro Junior at a sun baked Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ekwk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}